nick havranek's portfolio (fall 2013)
DESCRIPTION
My current portfolio with entries from design work to paintings and other art pieces.TRANSCRIPT
DISCOVERYby
DESIGNBooklet Layout
Goal: Design a black and white, printable layout for an article about design.
Story: Discovery by Design is an article that describes how typography is something to be cherished. The actual design was to be decided by the artist, with the article in mind.
My Solution: I decided to include the recognizable ‘x’-marks-the-spot symbol of a map with actual images of a map to make the metaphor of typography being a tresure that can be discovered. The black bars in the center of the spreads is a repeating trend in my layout that relates the larger text to the smaller text within the black bar. Treasure map ‘x’s, the black bars, the footprints, and the images of aerial landscapes are all repeating elements within my layout.
Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator
The top image is the cover and back of my book. The right side the cover and the left side being the back. The bottom image is a sample of two of the 12 pages in the layout.Nick Havranek
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Three-Dimensional Words
Goal: Create 3D words that represent the meaning of each word using photography and any materials.
Story: While creating my pieces, I used many other materials, such as makeup, garbage, and clothing in addition to the ones seen on this slide.
My Solution: Looking at a photo does not convey the feeling of looking at any 3D artwork in person, but these are the pieces that I find the most successful in doing so. Exude is dripping out of the ceiling. “Adroit” is spelled with the body. “Damage” is ripped apart.
Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
I used Photoshop to increase the brightness and contrast in certain areas of each piece. I also edited out the second ‘d’ in “damage” using Photoshop.
PatternWallpaper
Goal: To create a piece of wall-hangning art which is functional and displays a repeating pattern
Story: This wallpaper is designed to be hung in a modern teahouse. The pattern will attract a younger audience in the hypothetical town in which it is placed
My Solution: The bright, high contrast colors combine with the natural weaving background and the simple, yet recognizable, Japanese character to create a pattern that is enjoyable, without being too intrusive.
Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
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Abstract Oil Painting
Goal: Create an oil painting from either an objective or nonobjective idea. Use at least 20 different oil painting techniques. Story: I wanted to create a beautiful, yet somehow chilling painting. An abstract eye surrounded by abstrated lashes and tears seemed perfect for me.
My Solution: The project had resticted my color options somewhat by defining my underpaintings and which techniques I had to use. In the end, the painting combined light glazes with heavier scumbles. The bright colors remain with the faded edges of black or white. The corners of the eye itself blend out to make it appear more three dimensional.
Above is the scaled version of the four foot by two foot painting and a close-up of some details in the piece.
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Acid Etching Print
Goal: Design and create a rug patterned metal plate etching with acid. After the plate is designed, introduce “rug” patterns by pressing fabric into the ground on the plate.
Story: The rug is a chart of the lunar cycle. The brain at the bottom of the print represents lunacy. The wave coming out of the Earth is a symbol for the affected tide by the moon. And the sun sits in the background to light the cycle. Clouds line the borders of this piece.
My Solution: The clouds use a swirling, open pattern. The sun has a crystal, aluminium pattern to represent the shining and exploding surface of the sun. The bright center piece is contrasted enough to draw a lot of attention to the Earth and moons. I kept the designer feeling in my etching by using strong lines and dramatic bright lines.
Above, you can see the process by which I designed and inked the print. The top-left image is of the sketch of the design. In the bottom-left corner sits the actual plate which I etched. And the largest image is of the final print with the patters.
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WoodblockPrint
Goal: Design a woodblock print which consits of natural forms.
Story: I decided to do my woodbloack project on the subject of insects because of their connection to life and I wanted to show them all in a kind of spiritual manner.
My Solution: The color choice of green continues the naturalistic feeling of the insects. The repetition of similar shapes were chosen to make the piece feel almost symmetrical. As the main focus, the cicada is the brightest and most contrasted subject.
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My interactive website:
nahavranek.iweb.bsu.edu
Interactive Website
Goal: Make an interactive website using multiple pages and a site plan to link the pages together.
Story: My website is about self-discovery and self-acceptance. I used images of myself and titles the project “Self-Centered” for that reason.
My Solution: Each image is carefully planned and place with other images that relate in some way to the phrase that appears when hovering over the images or the surrounding images. I used Dreamweaver and basic coding to design this simple website.
Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver
Typographic Tool Exploration
Goal: Use manual, typographic methods to create interesting designs while studying each individual letterform. The colors are restricted to a palette of black and white Story: While creating handmade letterforms and phrases, I used stencils, pencils, markers, a copier, and even stickers.
My Solution: My project draws attention from the overlapping of words and characters. The use of only black and white forces high contrast and creates a dramatic reading of each piece.
Each letter was created in black and then coppied and cut to make the disjointed pieces into a signle piece that inverts colors or the white paper into black paper.
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